Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. and China will meet in January to try to broker a cease-in the ongoing trade dispute, in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday. Chinese officials confirmed that a meeting would take place next month, the report said, though China's Ministry of Commerce would not offer comment. Mnuchin said telephone chats had taken place several times over the last few weeks, but plans for more formal talks were still under discussion. He also said U.S. President Donald Trump had also not had direct chats with China about a detained executive from Huawei Technologies Co., and that the issue was separate from trade, something which China understands.

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